The University of Minnesota is buying 748 acres in Mower County to support planning for the Future of Advanced Agricultural Research in Minnesota (FAARM) program. The $10.3 million purchase will give the university about half the land it hopes to acquire for the new FAARM center. The program will ultimately require a total of about […]
Enrollment data for K-12 school systems in the U.S. can fluctuate dramatically from year to year. Regardless of whether enrollment increases or decreases, the numbers point to demand changes and, more often than not, school officials must address growth with new construction projects. For school districts with land-ownership portfolios, the most common approach […]
Oklahoma – Norman Public Schools (NPS) has received a passing vote from residents on its $354 million bond issue. Norman High School will expand its stadium at a cost of $24 million. The expansion includes stadium upgrades, track and turf improvements and additional lighting. Updates will also occur at Harve Collins Stadium. The bond proposal features a […]
As part of its systemwide strategic plan, MPact 2025, the University of Minnesota is seeking opportunities for partnerships with health systems that will maximize its statewide impact in health care innovations and research. The university has made several goals, which include acquiring medical facilities, increasing funding and building a new hospital on campus. The university […]
The University of Utah will enter a public-private partnership (P3) to build 5,000 student housing units by 2030. A P3 will allow the university to build and own the much-needed beds and save on tuition and state funding for other projects. The University of Utah intends to select P3 consultants by the end of February. […]
The Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) Kings Point campus in Nassau County, N.Y. has a 59-page report that shows why $340 million is needed in federal funding to repair aging buildings and infrastructure. The 2022 Capital Improvement Plan’s short and long-term projects include construction of new academic buildings, a refurbished stormwater management system and projects to […]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan plans to build Central Campus housing for 2,300 first year students and a dining facility on what is currently Elbel Field. The housing plan will be developed to align with the school’s carbon neutrality goals. A new residential hall is essential to meet growing demand for affordable, on-campus housing. […]
Iowa – The University of Iowa’s (UI) 10-year facilities master plan is underway with big transformations set to begin in 2023. The facilities master plan will include projects for state-of-the-art new buildings, new equipment, and learning spaces. A $70 million gift from the Richard O. Jacobson Foundation will make a new inpatient tower possible for UI […]
California – The San Diego Unified School District is asking voters to approve a $3.2 billion bond measure. Measure U would fund facilities projects over the course of 10 years and issue about $330 million in bonds per year. The district would dedicate more than $200 million of Measure U to build educator housing. The […]
Idaho – Boise State unveiled its newest plans for the Athletics Master Village in April 2022. The updated details included the north end zone of Albertsons Stadium and renovations to ExtraMile Arena. The update also includes the department’s initial project-based cost analysis for the Athletics Master Village, totaling more than $300 million in future projects, highlighted […]
Georgia – The University System of Georgia Board of Regents has approved to move forward with improvements to the south side of Sanford Stadium. The $68.5 million project will be built in two phases to minimize disruption during the 2022 and 2023 football seasons. The first phase would build a new entryway and plaza and widen the […]
Iowa – Plans at Iowa State University to renew or replace 2.3 million square feet of buildings on its Ames Campus encompass 700,000 square feet of new construction on more than 40 buildings over the next 30 years. Most of the new square footage will come from already planned projects, such as the $54 million Therkildsen […]
Oregon – Voters in the Beaverton School District passed a $723 million bond referendum on May 17 that will fund $397 million in building modernization projects, $120 million in deferred maintenance, $44 million in technology purchases, $40 million in seismic upgrades, and $27 million in security initiatives. Tentatively set to open in 2027, the complete rebuild […]
Massachusetts – Boston Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled a Green New Deal for Boston Public Schools (BPS) that would invest $2 billion to construct and renovate district facilities, many of which date to the 1950s. The Green New Deal will accelerate work to decarbonize the city’s building sector, while delivering improvements to environmental health, justice, and safety […]
The University of North Texas (UNT) System will host a virtual pre-solicitation meeting at noon May 18 for programming and design services for a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) building on its Dallas campus. Planned as an approximately 115,000-square-foot facility, this new building will feature flexible teaching and collaborative research laboratories, and active learning […]
Regents at The University of Texas (UT) approved a request from a facilities subcommittee on May 5 to start defining the scope of a $2.9 billion project to build two ambulatory clinical buildings at UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The center is proposing to construct Ambulatory Clinical Buildings 2 and 3 on the institution’s Texas […]
Houston Community College (HCC) unveiled its plans on April 26 for a $30 million resiliency center that will feature facilities to simulate high and swift water rescues and High-Line and petrochemical incident response. The 65,000-square-foot center will be built on HHC’s Northeast Campus where 3,000 to 4,000 local, regional, and national first responders a year […]
Florida – New academic buildings, student housing, and major improvements comprise Eastern Florida State College’s new $87 million master plan for its Cocoa campus. College officials said the master plan will focus on programs for high-technology careers and general education. It represents the largest planned capital outlay the college has ever made on any of its […]
The University of Texas (UT) at Austin has established a unique program that already is delivering powerful benefits to students and the public at large. At The Impact Factory, students are becoming innovative civic entrepreneurs by learning startup strategies while experiencing every stage of a start-up firm and having positive, measurable impact on communities in […]
Texas A&M University-San Antonio will receive $10 million in funding from Bexar County for athletic facilities and fields on campus. A multipurpose field with a track, along with a softball field and stadium will be designed and constructed using the funds. County officials may use federal pandemic relief funds mixed with the county’s general fund […]
The University of Houston (UH) will host a pre-submittal conference at 10 a.m. March 9 for architecture and engineering services to design a new $78.6 million football operations building. Located at the university’s main campus, the 120,000-square-foot facility will be designed to integrate with the existing Football Indoor Practice Facility and to consolidate all football […]
Michigan – The board of regents of the University of Michigan System on February 17 approved a $190 million North Campus housing project to add 1,200 beds by 2024. Three new buildings, covering 380,000 square feet total, will provide on-campus housing options by replacing the 500 beds in the Northwood III buildings, which are now only […]
Tennessee – Gov. Bill Lee is proposing a $52.6 billion budget heading into a joint session of Tennessee’s General Assembly that includes investments in education, transportation infrastructure, and public safety. Gov. Lee’s address included a vision for updating K-12 education funding. This new approach will set aside dollars for each student, based on that student’s individual […]
Kentucky – As part of a record $2 billion in proposed spending on pre-K-12 education, Gov. Andy Beshear also is calling for a 12 percent increase in funding for higher education, the highest in decades. Beshear is advocating an investment of funds, including agency bonds as well as third-party donations, for new construction of 19 new […]
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) was one of only 10 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the U.S. and 10 Texas higher education institutions to attain R2 Carnegie Classification (Doctoral University; High Research Activity. In the 2021 update to the Carnegie Classifications, Prairie View A&M was joined by these public and private universities in […]
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